Memorial Day

What a good camping trip! I know that Lexie would have enjoyed having more children her age to play with, but since there weren't, I got to spend time with her. We went fishing with her Barbie fishing pole that Jenn and Glenn gave her, put together a craft of a bunny and a lion window hangers with pipe cleaners from a prize she won playing bingo, and generally had a great time. Bingo was the best! The food was wonderful, thanks to Michelle and Mike who alway do so great with this. Fireside in the evenings, warm sun during the day. Lexie had so much fun that the first thing she did when we got home (after her Monday visit with her dad) was to start packing a bag for her next camping trip. She feed the ducks, and loved her first taste of fishing. The funniest thing, when her line caught a snag, she thought she had caught a fish and it scared her so bad she screamed, dropped her pole, and ran. She had lost the plastice, weighted fish that came with the pole the first day when she went fishing with Jen, and Glenn, so Mike had carved her one from wood. Sunday, I took her fishing for the fourth time (she really did love it) and she did such a beautiful cast that I yelped with appreciation. Well...she mistook my joy and thought that she had caught a fish, and again, dropped the pole, screamed and ran. She wouldn't even let me touch it for a while. So long in fact, that her line got snagged on a close by driftwood snarl that I couldn't get it free from. We had to cut the wood fish free (big sigh). I got us both sleeping bags, and she really loves hers. It's purple, yellow, and green, junior sized. We're going to sleep in them again tonight in our beds. I have such fond memories of my orange stuff sleeping bag when I was a kid! We're already hoping to camp at the end of July at Ft. Stevens. After last Memorial Day there, I am planning a big defensive against mosquitoes. I'm going to try to post some overdue pictures now, along with the camping pics.

Today I'm grateful for Lexie, Mom and Dad, life, the Spirit camper and camping, and so many things.